Your message dated Wed, 06 May 2026 22:12:08 +0200
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and subject line utmp-related bugs no longer applicable from Screen v5
has caused the Debian Bug report #1099122,
regarding screen: What? Cannot remove Utmp slot?
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1099122: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=1099122
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Package: screen
Version: 4.9.1-1
Severity: normal
Dear Maintainer,
-- Package-specific info:
File Existence and Permissions
------------------------------
drwxr-xr-x 56 root root 1840 Feb 28 16:52 /run
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 4 Oct 4 2011 /var/run -> /run
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 486488 Sep 7 2023 /usr/bin/screen
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 29 Sep 7 2017 /etc/tmpfiles.d/screen-cleanup.conf
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 9 Jul 7 2015
/lib/systemd/system/screen-cleanup.service -> /dev/null
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 1222 Apr 3 2017 /etc/init.d/screen-cleanup
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 24 Oct 7 2023 /etc/rcS.d/S18screen-cleanup ->
../init.d/screen-cleanup
File contents
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### /etc/tmpfiles.d/screen-cleanup.conf
______________________________________________________________________
d /run/screen 1777 root utmp
______________________________________________________________________
I cannot reset the login status any more using command 'L'. In screen's
jargon, I cannot interactively turn a window's login mode off. I get the error
mentioned in the subject.
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-- System Information:
Debian Release: trixie/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (101, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Foreign Architectures: i386
Kernel: Linux 6.12.11-amd64 (SMP w/24 CPU threads; PREEMPT)
Kernel taint flags: TAINT_PROPRIETARY_MODULE, TAINT_WARN, TAINT_OOT_MODULE,
TAINT_UNSIGNED_MODULE
Locale: LANG=C.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=it_IT.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE not set
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /usr/bin/dash
Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system)
LSM: AppArmor: enabled
Versions of packages screen depends on:
ii debianutils 5.21
ii libc6 2.40-7
ii libcrypt1 1:4.4.38-1
ii libpam0g 1.7.0-3
ii libtinfo6 6.5+20250216-1
ii libutempter0 1.2.1-4
screen recommends no packages.
Versions of packages screen suggests:
pn byobu | screenie | iselect <none>
ii ncurses-term 6.5+20250216-1
-- debconf information:
* screen/410-upgrade:
screen/403-copy-failed:
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--- Begin Message ---
As of package version 5.0.1-1, Debian builds screen with --disable-utmp,
so screen no longer writes/manages utmp/wtmp.
Closing these reports as not applicable to current package behaviour.
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